Article
Nutritional control of antibiotic resistance via an interface between the phosphotransferase system and a two-component signaling system.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Snyder Holly, Kellogg Stephanie L, Skarda Laura M, Little Jaime L, Kristich Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci are ubiquitous inhabitants of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, antibiotic-resistant enterococci are also major causes of hospital-acquired infections. Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to cephalosporins, enabling growth to abnormally high densities in the GI tract in patients during cephalosporin therapy, thereby promoting dissemination to other sites where they cause infection. Despite...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
